Day to day life is a constant struggle between acceptance and intolerance. Do I let this person off or do I beat him to a pulp? To beat or not to beat? That is the question which plagues us each day. Does this feral deserve to go on living? Is this person worth the effort of annihilation? Here's a moral dilemma to consider.
You're at a bar with you girlfriend enjoying the peaceful atmosphere when in stroll a bunch of tattooed greasy fuck lumps to ruin your otherwise splendid evening. You choose to ignore them and enjoy your night out. While having a deep and meaningful with the angelic beauty before you one of these undesirable scum bags struts over to you table, pulls up a chair, and so all the patrons in the bar can hear utters the words "Ya wanna drop this fag and come be the pig on a spit with me and my mates?"
He's offended you, but even worse, he has offended the woman you admire the most. Do you ignore him and hope he goes away? Do you sit back and let her embarrass and belittle him in front of his gang because you know she is strong and capable? Or, do you you get up and make a stand to defend her honour knowing there is only one of you and five of them?
The sad fact is most of the guys that would make a stand are viewed as doing so for their own pride, most of the guys who choose to ignore the guy are seen to be doing so out of fear and intimidation, and the guy who let's the woman take care of herself is viewed by most as being weak and cowardly.
Other side of the fact is that only a few of the first group are doing so out of some chivalrous set of values, only a few from the second group ignore him due to intelligence, and only a few from the third group see the female as an equal.
We're still in an old fashioned world with old fashioned values and people do not change their ways readily despite how easy it is. There are far too many successful cold turkey quitters to justify any sympathy for smokers who use the addiction as an excuse for not giving it up. There are far too many cold turkey quitters to justify feeling any sympathy for relapsing alcoholics. There is no justification for harming another being unprovoked yet people still do it.
The world tolerates situations it should be fixing. The world could do more to cater for the disabled. The world should do less to cater for the morbidly obese. Instead of raising cigarette prices just abolish them all together, yes people will complain but they'll eventually get over it when they can breathe properly. The world keeps making cars that run on fossil fuels to keep the oil companies happy. How about making cars that just run on battery power to keep the battery companies happy?
Just a thought.
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